"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional ladyLoos, Anita
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"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional lady
Loos, Anita
Diary fiction; Humorous stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
So while we were shopping in the afternoon I saw Louie get Dorothy off
in a corner and whisper to her quite a lot. So then I saw Robber get
her off in a corner and whisper to her quite a lot. So when we got back
to the Ritz, Dorothy told me why they whispered to her. So it seems
when Louie whispered to Dorothy, Louie told Dorothy that if she would
steal the diamond tiara from me and give it to him and not let his papa
know, he would give her 1000 franks. Because it seems that Lady Francis
Beekman has got her heart set on it and she will pay quite a lot for it
because she is quite angry and when she really gets as angry as she is,
she is only a woman with one idea. So if Louie could get it and his
papa would not find it out, he could keep all the money for himself. So
it seems that later on, when Robber was whispering to Dorothy, he was
making her the same proposition for 2000 franks so that Louie would not
find out and Robber could keep all the money for himself. So I really
think it would be delightful if Dorothy could make some money for
herself because it might make Dorothy get some ambishions. So tomorrow
morning Dorothy is going to take the diamond tiara and she is going to
tell Louie that she stole it and she is going to sell it to Louie. But
she will make him hand over the money first and then, just as she is
going to hand over the diamond tiara, I am going to walk in on them and
say, “Oh there is my diamond tiara. I have been looking for it
everywhere.” So then I will get it back. So then she will tell him that
she might just as well keep the 1000 franks because she will steal it
for him again in the afternoon. So in the afternoon she is going to
sell it to Robber and I really think we will let Robber keep it.
Because I am quite fond of Robber. I mean he is quite a sweet old
gentleman and it is really refreshing the way he and his son love one
another. Because even if it is unusual for an American to see a French
gentleman always kissing his father, I really think it is refreshing
and I think that we Americans would be better off if we American
fathers and sons would love one another more like Louie and Robber.
So Dorothy and I have quite a lot of delightful hand bags and stockings
and handkerchiefs and scarfs and things and some quite cute models of
evening gowns that are all covered with imitations of diamonds, only
they do not call them “paste” when they are on a dress but they call
them “diamonteys” and I really think a girl looks quite cute when she
is covered all over with “diamonteys.”
May 5th:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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